Maryport, Harbour c.1955
Photo ref:
M262016
Photo ref:
M262016
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Low tide in the harbour, which was another of the creations of Colonel Senhouse in the mid 18th century. In its heyday, the port would be filled with up to 80 vessels, exporting the locally mined coal and iron ore, but today it is largely silted up and used only for small fishing boats and weekend sailors.
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A Selection of Memories from Maryport
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Maryport
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I've just come across some of my mother, Rosa Lamb's memories that she jotted down years ago. They recall her being evacuated, along with her brother Tommy to a home in Nelson Street belonging to a Mr & Mrs Esther & William Rothery(?) Her sister Doreen was placed with a Mr & Mrs McPartland (?). She said it was so different to where they'd left, and they naturally missed my grandparents very much, but ...see more
My family lived in Crosby Street then to moved t Queens Avenue when that estate was newly built. My maternal family names were Messenger and Sewell. My namewas Sandra Clarke and I went to Camp Road School then Cockermouth Grammar School. My best friends were Sandra Wilson and Valerie Clarkson. Dad was in the RAF so we left Maryport in 1962. Still have an Auntie , cousin and niece there and still have many fond memories
My dad, Adam Pagan, was a great dad who loved his town and told me loads of Maryport history about links with the mutiny on the bounty. I loved going on the shore and the fair coming. When I was young I lived in Kirkby St, then we moved to Edinbourgh Rd, Ewanrigg. I remember going on on the shore in the summer, I remember Harold Brown's chip shop with scraps. My school was Camp Rd Junior then Solway ...see more
I remember going to Maryport with mum and dad visiting relations. Mum was Rene and dad was Billy Plaskett. My nan and da was Tom and Kitty Fee. We stayed with Maggie Jane who lived at 5 Nelson St - no longer there. My other grandparents lived at Grasslot in a bungalow. Relations at Flimby and also some still in Grasslot. I remember the jam factory.
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